Depression and Anxiety Stress Scale - (DASS 21)
HOW TO PROCEED
Please read each statement and select an answer that reflects how you have felt over the past week. There are no right or wrong answers.
Do not spend too much time on any one statement.
Please read each statement and select an answer that reflects how you have felt over the past week. There are no right or wrong answers.
Do not spend too much time on any one statement.
YOUR SCORE
Each of the questions in the above calculator (DASS 21) is given a number of points, ranging from 0 to 3. Three dimensions are evaluated, depression, anxiety and stress. The scoring and severity of each dimension is summarized below:
Depression Normal 0 - 4 • Mild 5 - 6 • Moderate 7 - 10 • Severe 11 - 13 • Extremely severe ≥14
Anxiety Normal 0 - 3 • Mild 4 - 5 • Moderate 6 - 7 • Severe 8 - 9 • Extremely severe ≥10
Stress Normal 0 - 7 • Mild 8 - 9 • Moderate 10 - 12 • Severe 13 - 16 • Extremely severe ≥17
The essential function of this questionnaire is to assess the severity of the core symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress. The Depression scale assesses dysphoria, hopelessness, devaluation of life, self-deprecation, lack of interest/involvement, anhedonia, and inertia. The Anxiety scale assesses autonomic arousal, skeletal muscle effects, situational anxiety, and subjective experience of anxious affect. The Stress scale is sensitive to levels of chronic non-specific arousal. It assesses difficulty relaxing, nervous arousal, and being easily upset/agitated, irritable/over-reactive and impatient.
LEARN MORE
We will discuss your results during your intake session.
SOURCES
Henry JD, Crawford JR. The short-form version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21): construct validity and normative data in a large non-clinical sample. Br J Clin Psychol. 2005; 44(Pt 2):227-39.
Lovibond PF, Lovibond SH. The Structure of Negative Emotional States: Comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories, Behav. Res. Ther., Vol 33: No 3, 335-343, 1995.
Wiseman TA, Curtis K, Lam M, Foster K. Incidence of depression, anxiety and stress following traumatic injury: a longitudinal study. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2015; 23:29.
Each of the questions in the above calculator (DASS 21) is given a number of points, ranging from 0 to 3. Three dimensions are evaluated, depression, anxiety and stress. The scoring and severity of each dimension is summarized below:
Depression Normal 0 - 4 • Mild 5 - 6 • Moderate 7 - 10 • Severe 11 - 13 • Extremely severe ≥14
Anxiety Normal 0 - 3 • Mild 4 - 5 • Moderate 6 - 7 • Severe 8 - 9 • Extremely severe ≥10
Stress Normal 0 - 7 • Mild 8 - 9 • Moderate 10 - 12 • Severe 13 - 16 • Extremely severe ≥17
The essential function of this questionnaire is to assess the severity of the core symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress. The Depression scale assesses dysphoria, hopelessness, devaluation of life, self-deprecation, lack of interest/involvement, anhedonia, and inertia. The Anxiety scale assesses autonomic arousal, skeletal muscle effects, situational anxiety, and subjective experience of anxious affect. The Stress scale is sensitive to levels of chronic non-specific arousal. It assesses difficulty relaxing, nervous arousal, and being easily upset/agitated, irritable/over-reactive and impatient.
LEARN MORE
We will discuss your results during your intake session.
SOURCES
Henry JD, Crawford JR. The short-form version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21): construct validity and normative data in a large non-clinical sample. Br J Clin Psychol. 2005; 44(Pt 2):227-39.
Lovibond PF, Lovibond SH. The Structure of Negative Emotional States: Comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories, Behav. Res. Ther., Vol 33: No 3, 335-343, 1995.
Wiseman TA, Curtis K, Lam M, Foster K. Incidence of depression, anxiety and stress following traumatic injury: a longitudinal study. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2015; 23:29.